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Amidst its expansive galleries, the Turbine Hall remains one of the focal points to London's Tate Modern. In the past, Olafur Eliasson and Tania Bruguera are amongst the many artists who've utilized the space to comment on a range of topics pertaining climate change and institutional power. Following Cecilia Vicuña's Brain Forest Quipu installation currently on display, Ghanaian Artist El Anatsui has been selected to be the next in line.Anatsui started his career as a professor of sculpture at the University of Nigeria in 1975. His approach to teaching, emblematic of his own art today, was highly conceptual in the way he encouraged people to use materials available in the natural and built environment. Fast forward to the 2000's, Anatsui began creating his signature bottle-cap sculptures a...

Accidentally Wes Anderson, a community founded in 2017 dedicated to finding and sharing the most "beautiful, idiosyncratic, and interesting places on earth" is heading to Tokyo for its latest exhibition.As the name suggests, AWA was inspired by the distinct visual lens of beloved film director Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel, Isle of Dogs), seeking out real-life counterparts of Anderson's imaginative scenes around the globe. Originally founded as a personal project by a couple on Instagram, the idea quickly grew into a movement involving more than a million individuals who are encouraged to submit photos and experiences of their personal travels. As it continues to grow, AWA now provides guides covering all corners of the world and produces its own products, books, and short stories...

A mishap occurred last week at the Art Wynwood, an art fair in Miami, regarding one of the iconic balloon dog sculptures by Jeff Koons. A visitor knocked over the $42,000 USD bright blue porcelain dog, shattering the sculpture into pieces. At 16 inches tall and 19 inches long, the dog was sat perched on a transparent pedestal on display at Art Wynwood. At the fair's VIP preview night, Stephen Gamson, an art collector and an artist told New York Times that "he saw an unidentified woman tap the sculpture with her finger, knocking it from its pedestal in a booth managed by Bel-Air Fine Art." At first, Gamson thought that it was part of a performance, however, he noticed the woman blushing and the art fair staff quickly rushing over. The shattered shards of porcelain turned into a spectacle. T...

The Monet - Mitchell exhibition is currently entering its final days on view at Fondation Louis Vuitton, but in an ironic set of circumstances, the Joan Mitchell Foundation is reportedly suing the luxury fashion house for using a work by the Abstract Expressionist in a Capucines handbag advertisement featuring French actress, Léa Seydoux.Louis Vuitton advertisement featuring Léa Seydoux promoting the Cupucine handbag in front of Joan Mitchell's 'La Grande Vallée XIV (For a Little While)',from the February 12, 2023 print edition of The New York Times. Courtesy of The New York Times. News broke yesterday, February 22, when the Joan Mitchell Foundation sent Louis Vuitton a cease and desist letter prompting the house to remove the campaign and issue an apology. “It’s important for folks to und...

NANZUKA is showcasing American artist Todd James' new solo exhibition, Soldier of Fortune, at their NANZUKA UNDERGROUND outpost in Tokyo, Japan. This marks James' fourth solo exhibition at the gallery, following his last show in Tokyo four years ago. The exhibition is centered around James' first large-scale sculptural work, a bronze sculpture called "Pentagon Pile Up," featuring fused jet fighters and tanks that have lost their combat function. This work is a cartoon critique of the military industrial complex, warning of the mental and physical toll of warmongering.In addition to the sculpture, the exhibition also features James' paintings depicting military themes that have appeared in his work for decades, as well as small works on paper. Even though he has transitioned from street art...